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So I drive a 1999 chevy Cavalier and ive been having many problems with it. It blows black smoke sometimes from the exhust, on the hot and cold gauage the needle works its way to the hot end all the time, it smells like my car is on fire when driving, has a high idel sometimes, wont start up the best.. when started it shakes like a race car, and today baking it into the parking lot it just shut off! it was only driven for about 25min at minium... and when i tried to restart it, it would not start up and the engine was smoking and the exhust stunk. What can i do? how do i fix it? and whats wrong with it?

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SOURCE: So I drive a 1999 chevy Cavalier and ive been

Hi,
It sounds like you have alot of problems which may only be a couple.
Have the coolant thermistor checked, it sounds like this is not switching off and causing the engine to over fuel, making it run rough and blow black smoke out the exhaust.
Have the engine thermostat checked it maybe faulty causing the engine to over heat., have these done and see how you cars goes then.

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